Sigmund Freud

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>>>>> "Kyle" == R Kyle Jones <rkjones@fas.harvard.edu> writes:

    Kyle> My personality prof "posits" (I don't know why he always
    Kyle> "posits;" it just seems like something that he likes to do.
    Kyle> I mean, it's a cool word and all, and I use it on a number
    Kyle> of occasions, but he almost always posits.  Well, that's a
    Kyle> different story.) that Freud created what he defines as a
    Kyle> "cultural mythology."  [Special note: in academic realms, a
    Kyle> mythology is not necessarily false -- it's a set of values
    Kyle> that a number of people believe to be true, but that we
    Kyle> can't prove.  Religions and "The American Dream" are both
    Kyle> "myths" in this view.  Check it out in your dictionary --
    Kyle> look back toward the beginning of the definition.  Older
    Kyle> definitions are placed towards the beginning, so that way
    Kyle> you'll miss it's newer "falsehood" definition.]  Anyway, my
    Kyle> prof says that Freud was growing up in the shadow of
    Kyle> Darwin's Natural Selection.  Basically, a lot of people were
    Kyle> having a difficult time with religion because Darwin
    Kyle> basically tore their concept of creation apart.  So, they
    Kyle> needed something to hold and believe to be true, a myth if
    Kyle> you will.  That's what he argues Freud is; that he was
    Kyle> actually a "religion" with followers.  (He kinda likes
    Kyle> making these wild hair-brained statements as well.)

I believe that your prof. is correct: Freud created a religion based
upon Darwinism. He intended to have something the "masses" felt was
more compatible with their old, now destroyed, faith(s).

Darwin, on the other hand, created a "scientific" theory based on a
religion: Hinduism.  Hinduism *POSITS* evolution, not of just life
forms, but of everything, including the very substance of the universe
itself.  Darwin, an Englishman, wrote his book at a time when England
had rule over India.  As such, it was fast becoming fashionable to
hold "Eastern" beliefs.  

The roots of the New Age movement today are in Hinduism, and its
offshoot, Buddhism, which is quite alive and influential in the world
today.  Indeed, President ... you know ... Hillary's husband ... 
whats-his-name, well anyway, he recently met with the Dali Lama,
the high priest of Buddhism, from Tibet, the contested territory of
Communist China.

The Beatles completely changed their musical and lyrical style after
John McArthy spent nearly a year in India studying under a Guru.

The interesting thing is that Hinduism is not endemic to India even
though that is where it now flourishes in its greatest strength.
Hinduism was imported along with the invading Aryans, who came into
India from Persia.  The Persians, in turn, got most of the principles
>from Babylon and Nimrod.  Hinduism and its popularized form, the New
Age movement, is just good old fashioned Baal worship!  So is
Darwinism, and by implication, Freudianism.

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